Was obligated to
The crossword clue "Was obligated to" is answered by OWED, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
OWED
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OWED answer page.
Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1966. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for OWED
Every other clue in this collection answered by OWED, most used first.
- Was in debt - used 69 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in the red - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Had debts - used 58 times, most recently in 2026
- Was indebted to - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
- Due - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Outstanding - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
- Was indebted - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Was in the hole - used 33 times, most recently in 2022
- Ran a tab - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Unpaid - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
- Had bills to pay - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Ran up a tab - used 21 times, most recently in 2023
- Had bills - used 18 times, most recently in 2023
- Was in arrears - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Was beholden to - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
- Had a debt - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Was behind - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Was short - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Had to pay - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Carried a balance - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Had markers out - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
- Saw red? - used 10 times, most recently in 2007
- Was obligated - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Had bills due - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Had to repay - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Not yet repaid - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Was beholden - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
- Got behind - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Needed to pay - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Needed to repay - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Not yet forked over - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Not yet paid - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Was in debt to - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Was in hock - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
- Came up short - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
- Had obligations - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Still unpaid - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Was obliged to - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Yet to be paid - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- "That was close!" - PHEW, used 117 times
- "When I was ___ . . . " - ALAD, used 96 times
- Was aware of - KNEW, used 70 times
- "That was close!" - WHEW, used 50 times
- Was a passenger - RODE, used 49 times
- Was sure of - KNEW, used 45 times
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